Well-defined polyethylene molecular brushes by polyhomologation and ring opening metathesis polymerization
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ArticleKAUST Department
Chemical Science ProgramKAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
Polymer Synthesis Laboratory
Date
2014Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563249
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A novel strategy using polyhomologation and ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) has been developed for the synthesis of well-defined polyethylene (PE) molecular brushes. Polyhomologation was used to afford an OH-terminated PE, which after transformation to the norbornyl PE macromonomer was subjected to ROMP. Kinetics of ROMP of the PE macromonomer was studied by in situ1H NMR monitoring. The brush structure was proved from HT-GPC, 1H NMR and DSC results.Citation
Zhang, H., Gnanou, Y., & Hadjichristidis, N. (2014). Well-defined polyethylene molecular brushes by polyhomologation and ring opening metathesis polymerization. Polym. Chem., 5(22), 6431–6434. doi:10.1039/c4py00815dPublisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Journal
Polym. Chem.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1039/c4py00815d